1998-12-06 - Re: y2k/gary north delusions

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From: ichudov@Algebra.COM (Igor Chudov @ home)
To: mah248@nyu.edu (Michael Hohensee)
Message Hash: 4fdb40c3690158ffa1dcdd11f0f210fcfb742d333caf3e18acc71bc660830506
Message ID: <199812062044.OAA12076@manifold.algebra.com>
Reply To: <366A26C2.30D6892E@nyu.edu>
UTC Datetime: 1998-12-06 21:20:43 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 05:20:43 +0800

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From: ichudov@Algebra.COM (Igor Chudov @ home)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 05:20:43 +0800
To: mah248@nyu.edu (Michael Hohensee)
Subject: Re: y2k/gary north delusions
In-Reply-To: <366A26C2.30D6892E@nyu.edu>
Message-ID: <199812062044.OAA12076@manifold.algebra.com>
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Michael Hohensee wrote:
> 
> 
> William H. Geiger III wrote:
> > 
> > In <36694C23.B4CB9509@nyu.edu>, on 12/05/98
> >    at 10:07 AM, Michael Hohensee <mah248@nyu.edu> said:
> > 
> > >Then we're back to doing it in the open.  Less concentrated cities might
> > >last a while longer, but not much longer.  There's no getting around it,
> > >we *need* working sewer systems to have modern cities.  Otherwise, the
> > >cities die.
> > 
> > And you say this as if it is a bad thing.
> > 
> 
> Well it is, sorta.  I've got the misfortune to live in NYC, as do many
> many many other people.  People who (like me) aren't particularly
> interested in dying of disease and/or starvation.  If the "shit hits the
> fan", we're in for a serious mess, in any event. :/

Well, you've made a conscious choice, being fully aware of ramifications.

	- Igor.





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